Body of Missing 9-Year-Old Hunter Found in South Arkansas

Officials first said Hank Bollen, of Magnolia, was believed to have drowned but later changed his suspected cause of death to an accidental shooting.

Update (1 p.m.):

UNION COUNTY, AR (KTVE) - Union County Sheriff Mike McGough is now saying that the missing Magnolia boy found dead this morning died of a gunshot wound.

Earlier investigators said Hank Bollen, 9, may have died by drowning.

Sheriff McGough says they're investigating this as a hunting accident and do not believe foul play was involved.

Bollen's body has been sent to Little Rock for an autopsy at the State Crime Lab and the investigation is not yet over.

Family members also declined comment. They did say that this was a normal thing for Hank to go out hunting by himself. Hank was out of school Monday due to the Presidents' Day holiday.

Update (11:20 a.m.):UNION COUNTY, AR (KTVE) - The Union County Sheriff's Office says the body of a missing 9-year-old Magnolia boy was found this morning.

Hank Bollen was reported missing on Monday. According to the Union County Sheriff's Office, his body was found in a deer camp outside of Marysville around 9 a.m. today.

Investigators believe the boy drowned. His body is being sent to the State Crime Lab in Little Rock.

Update (10:15 a.m.):UNION COUNTY, AR - The Magnolia Reporter newspaper reports that the search for a missing 9-year-old boy has been suspended after the discovery of a body in a wooded area near the Union-Columbia County line.

The Magnolia Reporter says there has been no official statement from the Union County Sheriff's Office but "people close to the family said the young hunter’s body had been found."